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Riverview Bancorp Inc. Stock Upgraded (RVSB)

NEW YORK (
TheStreet)
-- Riverview Bancorp (Nasdaq:
RVSB) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from sell to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the growth in the company's earnings per share has not been good.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. However, we anticipate underperformance relative to this pattern in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC turned its bottom line around by earning $0.29 versus -$0.51 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 10.3% in earnings ($0.26 versus $0.29).

Regardless of the drop in revenue, the company managed to outperform against the industry average of 11.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 6.0%. The declining revenue has not hurt the company's bottom line, with increasing earnings per share.

The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, RIVERVIEW BANCORP INC has outperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500.

The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Thrifts & Mortgage Finance industry. The net income increased by 118.2% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$4.70 million to $0.85 million.

Riverview Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Riverview Community Bank that provides commercial and business banking products and services in Washington and Oregon. Riverview has a market cap of $65.6 million and is part of the
financial sector and
banking industry. Shares are up 10.3% year to date as of the previous trading day's close.